While several Canadian LNG projects are progressing with environmental permits and construction milestones, a Nova Scotia-registered company has decided to stop advancing an LNG project on the Strait of Canso and proposed constructing and operating a green hydrogen and ammonia facility instead. Bear
Norwegian oilfield services provider Aker Solutions has joined the First Movers Coalition (FMC), thereby committing to buying at least 10 per cent of its steel from low-emissions sources by 2030. By joining the decarbonizing coalition, Aker Solutions has committed to a frame agreement for steel purc
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply the engines for Celebrity Cruises’ fifth Edge Series cruise vessel enabling the ship to run on methanol as fuel. Wärtsilä said that it would convert two Wärtsilä 46F engines to allow them to utilise methanol as fuel, marking the first-ever such conversion for th
NKT has completed the power cable systems connecting six offshore oil and gas platforms located at Utsira High to the onshore power supply. This is said to play a central role in reducing carbon emissions from the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) with 1.2 million tonnes annually. NKT has provided t
Equinor has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator for exploration drilling in the North Sea off Norway, using one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs.
IEA: More than 140 new CCUS projects were announced, ramping up planned storage capacity by 80 per cent, and capture capacity by 30 per cent.
Brazil is setting the wheels into motion to launch a programme, which would step up investments in oil and natural gas exploration.
Following explosions in late September 2022 that caused damage to the Nord Stream pipelines, the Danish Energy Agency has found an undefined object near one of the two gas pipelines. A cylindrical object that is about 40 cm tall and 10 cm in diameter has been found near the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, t
Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and compatriot electric utility Electric Power Development (J-POWER) have decided to install the Seawing, an automated kite system using wind power, on a coal carrier. The vessel in question is Corona Citrus, an 88,000 DWT-type special coal carr
France’s TotalEnergies has decided to step up its investments in low-carbon energies to $5 billion in 2023.
Canada’s British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO) has issued a readiness decision to Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG), a project proposed by the Nisga’a Nation, Rockies LNG and Western LNG. With the readiness decision, the project is progressing into the next stage of it
Africa Oil is setting the wheels into motion to undertake exploration activities in Block 3B/4B in the Orange Basin off South Africa.
UK-based shipping company Carisbrooke Shipping has partnered up with Grafmarine, a compatriot manufacturer of modular clean energy generation, storage, and power management solutions, to pilot solar energy cells on a Carisbrooke vessel. Grafmarine’s NanoDeck AI Solar tile management solution is a mo
Wreckdock, a Jubail-based offshore vessel recycling company, has revealed plans to develop a safe and sustainable facility in Saudi Arabia for the circular demolition of vessels. The company plans to build four drydocks from 350 meters to 500 meters long with eight quays equipped with heavy-duty cra
